
(above picture)509th PIB Patch
509th PIB WW II Medal
of Honor Recipient
Cpl Paul B Huff
Distinguished Service Cross Recipients
Capt Carlos C Alden
Capt Roy E Baze
Capt William P Moir
1/Lt Henry F Rouse
Capt Harry J Stone
Silver Star Recipients
Capt Carlos C Alden
1/Lt Jack Darden
1/Lt Richard Grabow
1/Lt William G Kautz
2/Lt Hoyt R Livingston
1/Lt Justin T McCarthy
1/Lt Charles H McKinney
2/Lt Wayne A McMaster
1/Lt Harry W Pritchett Jr
Capt Herbert Rose
2/Lt Robert L Sammons
1/Lt Kenneth R Shaker
Capt William P Yarborough
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The 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
Roll of Honor - Officers
LastName |
FirstName |
MI |
Tle |
Rank |
Unit |
Location |
Date |
Status |
Cemetery |
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Apperson |
John |
N |
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Maj |
Hq Co |
So France |
8/21/44 |
1BnXO |
RHO |
Baze |
Roy |
E |
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Capt |
Med |
So France |
8/22/44 |
DSC |
USA/OK |
Duncan |
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1/Lt |
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Belgium |
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Fiander |
Hubert |
J |
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1/Lt |
Hq Co |
So France |
8/21/44 |
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USA/MA |
Frank |
Lowell |
W |
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2/Lt |
Hq Co |
Anzio |
2/02/44 |
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USA/NY |
Grabow |
Richard |
J |
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1/Lt |
Hq Co |
Italy |
1/27/44 |
SS |
S-R |
Hardy |
James |
A |
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Capt |
F Co |
Belgium |
12/21/44 |
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USA/MS |
Howland |
Charles |
W |
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Capt |
Co D |
Belgium |
1/17/45 |
MIA/BS |
USA/GA |
Kautz |
William |
G |
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1/Lt |
Hq 2 |
Anzio |
1/27/44 |
SS |
S-R |
Kinderknecht |
Albert |
L |
|
1/Lt |
Co A |
Anzio |
2/21/44 |
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USA/KS |
Kunkle |
Dave |
C |
|
2/Lt |
E Co |
No Africa |
11/8/42 |
(503rd) |
NAF |
Kurtz |
Charles |
W |
|
1/Lt |
E Co |
|
10/24/43 |
KODY |
USA/FL |
Lowell |
Frank |
W |
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2/Lt |
A Co |
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USA/NY |
Manley |
Le Roy |
C |
|
2/Lt |
|
Belgium |
2/4/45 |
DOW |
H-C |
Mc Master |
Robert |
E |
|
2/Lt |
|
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|
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USA/OH |
Mc Master |
Wayne |
A |
|
2/Lt |
Hq Co |
Anzio |
2/29/44 |
SS/DOW |
USA/OH |
Miller |
Ralph |
R |
Jr |
Capt |
Co B |
So France |
8/15/44 |
MIA/BS |
RHO WOM |
Parker |
Robert |
W |
|
1/Lt |
Co D |
Italy |
9/15/43 |
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USA/LA WOM |
Parks |
Cyrus |
R |
|
2/Lt |
Co B |
Anzio |
1/25/44 |
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USA/KY |
Paye |
David |
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2/Lt |
Co C |
Anzio |
2/22/44 |
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USA/NY |
Pierson |
Val |
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2/Lt |
Co B |
Anzio |
1/16/44 |
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Roth |
Alfred |
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1/Lt |
|
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2/24/45 |
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RHO |
Sexton |
Vernon |
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1/Lt |
Co C |
Anzio |
1/30/44 |
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S-R |
Smith |
Lawrence |
P |
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1/Lt |
|
Anzio |
2/29/44 |
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S-R |
Webb |
Lee |
M |
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1/Lt |
Hq Co |
So France |
8/22/44 |
Mil/Intel |
RHO |
Wilson |
Lloyd |
G |
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Capt |
Co E |
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Winship |
Leslie |
D |
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Capt |
Co B |
Belgium |
1/20/45 |
[508i] |
USA/OH |
Winsko |
Joseph |
J |
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1/Lt |
Co A |
Anzio |
2/21/44 |
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S-R |
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Arnhem 1944:
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The Allied Invasion of the South of France. Presidio Press, Sept 1987 261 p. ISBN: 0891413073
Broumley, Jim T The Boldest Plan is the Best: The Combat History of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion during WWII. Rocky Marsh Publishing,(Aug 29 2011) 336 p. ISBN: 0983963215
D'Este, Carlo
Patton: A Genius for War 1024 pp ISBN: 0060927623
De Trez, Michel
At the Point of No Return : Pictorial History of the American Paratroopers in the
Invasion of Normandy 7/98, D-Day Pub, 200 p. ISBN: 2960017617
De Trez, Michel
First Airborne Task Force: Pictorial History of the Allied Paratroopers in the
Invasion of Southern France 7/98, D-Day Pub, 500 p. ISBN: 2960017625
Gassend, Jean-Loup Operation Dragoon: Autopsy of a Battle: The Allied Liberation of the French Riviera August-September 1944 Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (May 28, 2014), 560 p. ISBN: 076434580X
Gavin, James M.
On to Berlin : Battles of an Airborne Commander, 1943-1946 ISBN: 0670525170
Golden, Lewis Echoes From Arnhem Penguin
ISBN: 0718305213
Inglesby, Leo C A Corporal Once Xlibris
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Hicks, Anne The Last Fighting General: The Biography of Robert Tryon Frederick Schiffer Pub Ltd, 320pp, ISBN: 0764324306
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Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge Wm Morrow & Co
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McKenzie, John
On Time, On Target Novato, CA: Presidio, May 15,2000. 304 p. ISBN: 089 141 714 1
Ryan, Cornelius
A Bridge Too Far 670p. ISBN: 0684803305
van Lunteren, Frank Blocking Kampfgruppe Peiper: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the Battle of the Bulge Casemate, Sept 19,2015. 368 p. ISBN: 1612003133
van Lunteren, Frank The Battle of Bridges: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Operation Market Garden Casemate, June 1,2014. 336 p. ISBN: 1612002323
van Lunteren, Frank Spearhead of the Fifth Army: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Italy from the Winter Line To Anzio Casemate, Sept 16,2016. 320 p. ISBN: 161200427X
Wildman, John B All Americans 82nd
Airborne. Meadowlands Militaria, 6/83 ISBN:091 208 1007
The Center of Military History The War in the Mediterranean: A WWII Pictorial History Brasseys, Inc.,
465 p. ISBN:1574881302
Yardley, Doyle R
Home Was Never Like This. Yardley Enterprises, Aug, 2002, 312 p. ISBN:0971743908
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